2019 Summit League Men's Basketball Tournament
The 2019 Summit League Men's Basketball Tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Summit League for the 2018-19 season. All tournament games were played at the Denny Sanford Premier Center in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, from March 9–12, 2019. Fourth seeded North Dakota State defeated second seeded Omaha 73–63 in the championship game to win the conference tournament championship, and received the conference's automatic bid to the 2019 NCAA Tournament.
| 2019 Summit League Men's Basketball Tournament | |
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| Classification | Division I |
| Season | 2018–19 |
| Teams | 8 |
| Site | Denny Sanford Premier Center Sioux Falls, South Dakota |
| Champions | North Dakota State (4th title) |
| Winning coach | David Richman (2nd title) |
| MVP | Vinnie Shahid (North Dakota State) |
| Television | ESPN2 |
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| South Dakota State | 14 | – | 2 | .875 | 24 | – | 9 | .727 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Omaha | 13 | – | 3 | .813 | 21 | – | 11 | .656 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Purdue Fort Wayne | 9 | – | 7 | .563 | 18 | – | 15 | .545 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Dakota State † | 9 | – | 7 | .563 | 19 | – | 16 | .543 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oral Roberts | 7 | – | 9 | .438 | 11 | – | 21 | .344 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| South Dakota | 7 | – | 9 | .438 | 13 | – | 17 | .433 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Dakota | 6 | – | 10 | .375 | 12 | – | 18 | .400 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Western Illinois | 4 | – | 12 | .250 | 10 | – | 21 | .323 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Denver | 3 | – | 13 | .188 | 8 | – | 22 | .267 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † 2019 Summit League Tournament winner | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Seeds
The top eight teams by conference record in the Summit League are eligible to compete in the conference tournament. Teams are seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.
| Seed | School | Conf. record | Tiebreaker(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Dakota State | 14–2 | |
| 2 | Omaha | 13–3 | |
| 3 | Purdue Fort Wayne | 9–7 | 1–1 vs. NDSU; 1–1 vs. SDSU |
| 4 | North Dakota State | 9–7 | 1–1 vs. PFW; 0–2 vs SDSU |
| 5 | Oral Roberts | 7–9 | 2–0 vs. USD |
| 6 | South Dakota | 7–9 | 0–2 vs. ORU |
| 7 | North Dakota | 6–10 | |
| 8 | Western Illinois | 4–12 |
Schedule and results
| Game | Time | Matchup | Score | Television |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quarterfinals – Saturday, March 9 | ||||
| 1 | 6:00 pm | No. 1 South Dakota State vs. No. 8 Western Illinois | 76–79 | |
| 2 | 8:30 pm | No. 2 Omaha vs. No. 7 North Dakota | 81–76 | |
| Quarterfinals – Sunday, March 10 | ||||
| 3 | 6:00 pm | No. 4 North Dakota State vs. No. 5 Oral Roberts | 86–73 | |
| 4 | 8:30 pm | No. 3 Purdue Fort Wayne vs. No. 6 South Dakota | 96–70 | |
| Semifinals – Monday, March 11 | ||||
| 5 | 6:00 pm | No. 8 Western Illinois vs. No. 4 North Dakota State | 73–76 | |
| 6 | 8:30 pm | No. 2 Omaha vs. No. 3 Purdue Fort Wayne | 61–60 | |
| Final – Tuesday, March 12 | ||||
| 7 | 8:00 pm | No. 4 North Dakota State vs. No. 2 Omaha | 73–63 | ESPN2 |
| *Game times in CST for March 9 quarterfinals, and CDT for March 10 quarterfinals onward. Rankings denote tournament seed | ||||
Bracket
| Quarterfinals March 9 & 10 | Semifinals March 11 | Championship March 12 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | South Dakota State | 76 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Western Illinois | 79 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Western Illinois | 73 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | North Dakota State | 76 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | North Dakota State | 86 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Oral Roberts | 73 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | North Dakota State | 73 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Omaha | 63 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Omaha | 81 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | North Dakota | 76 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Omaha | 61 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Purdue Fort Wayne | 60 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Purdue Fort Wayne | 96 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | South Dakota | 70 | ||||||||||||
References
http://www.thesummitleague.org/19_MBB_Bracket.pdf. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
http://www.thesummitleague.org/tournaments/mbkb/2018-19/index. Retrieved December 30, 2018.